ranchburger
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Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
ranchburger (plural ranchburgers)
- (US) A cookie-cutter ranch house, typically found in a suburban subdivision.
- 1991, Ellen Harris, Dying to Get Married: The Courtship and Murder of Julie Miller Bulloch, HarperPaperbacks, →ISBN, page 121:
- Judy Drive was a short gravel-mixed road flanked by a dozen aluminum-sided "ranchburgers" with wading pools or pick-up trucks parked on the front lawns.
- (US) A hamburger featuring elements of the cuisine of the Southwestern United States.
- 1966 April 7, “Ground Beef Extra Spicy”, in The Baltimore Sun:
- Make ranchburgers by dividing the meat for each hamburger into two patties. Place a spoonful of chili sauce and chopped onion on one patty and cover it with the other, sealing it well at the edges.
Quotations[edit]
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